Términos

Shape comprising a solid of which all the plane sections through one of the axes are ellipses, and all other sections ellipses or circles.

Units of length, now obsolete, used in several European countries. In England, one ell corresponded to approximately 45 inches. In Scotland, 37.2 inches. The Flemish ell corresponded to 27 inches.

Estilo y cultura de un pueblo africano que vive en Kenia, cerca del lago Turkana.

Wooden, conical-shaped hats and visor, often made of bentwood and decorated with ivory carvings and feathers. Used to conceal one's head while hunting. Made and used by Yup'ik and other Alaska Natives.

The process of separating out finer particles in a mixture from courser ones by washing or decanting; often used in ceramics to create more finely grained clay body.

Tipo de pórfiro cuarcífero, local de Cornualles, Inglaterra, habitualmente color gris claro con un toque de amarillo ante, utilizada a menudo como piedra de sillería por su fina textura.

Culture and style of the Elymi, ancient inhabitants of the extreme west of Sicily, a people to whom a Trojan origin was assigned by ancient writers. Their chief centers were at Segesta and at Eryx (Erice). They are archaeologically indistinguishable in the Early Iron Age (ca. 1000-ca. 500 BCE) from their Sicanian neighbors. They were heavily influenced by the style of Greek colonists of Sicily.

Genus containing around 50 species of perennial forage grasses native to temperate and cool parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

Species of grass native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere, often becoming an invasive weed spreading by long, white rhizomes. The foliage is used as forage for grazing mammals and as food by caterpillars; the seeds are eaten by finches, buntings, and other grassland birds. It has been used in herbal medicine since the Classical Greek period. It is used for medicinal purposes: it is believed that sick dogs will dig up and eat the root; it has antiseptic properties; mediaeval herbalists used it to treat urinary tract disorders and water retention. It also has antiseptic properties. Dried rhizomes have been used as incense.

Traditional loincloth of Swaziland, formerly made of leopard skin; now sometimes made of faux skin due to the endangered status of the leopard.

Rollos japoneses que contienen textos u obras de arte, o ambos, y se muestran horizontalmente.

Como concepto doctrinal, la originación de seres creados por una deidad o espíritu en una manera que otorga al nuevo ser algún tipo de esencia de la deidad o el espíritu; distinto del acto de crear de la nada.

El acto de liberación de restricción o servidumbre.

Sede oficial de los ministros extranjeros denominados embajadores designados para tratar negocios internacionales con un gobierno extranjero. Cuando tales sedes son para los ministros designados principalmente para inspeccionar y proteger los intereses económicos del propio país e un país anfitrión, empléese "consulado". Para las residencias oficiales de los ministros extranjero en general, empléese "legación".

Diplomáticos del más alto rango, enviados por un estado soberano a otro o a una organización internacional como principal representante.

Úsese para materiales de embalaje o envoltorio protector de productos que contienen información o publicidad acerca del producto. Para material que se usa con el objeto de proteger, amortiguar o reforzar objetos para un embarque o almacenamiento seguros, y que no lleva información o mensaje alguno acerca de los objetos, use "material de embalaje".

Acción de envolver, proteger, o poner objeto en cualquier tipo de contenedor para su transporte o almacenamiento.

Cubriendo una superficie con los azulejos o baldosa, generalmente con una cierta clase de pegamento como el frague o mortero.